foreign investment is up construction is up. you have a lot of things i don't think the fed policy actually helps today. . i don't think necessarily it's helping employment. >> very quickly because i'm out of time. i have to ask you a specific issue pertaining to jobs and wages. there is a movement now, for example, mcdonald's workers expected to go on strike on thursday for higher wage maybe $15. walmart is holding food drives for their own employees right now. is it possible that some corporations should be forced to pay a living wage for their employees right now? is that an answer to finding better jobs for the middle class? >> no question we have to get to the right minimum wage in this country. what that number is, i'm not going to be the one to dictate or debate that number. but it's clear to me that today's number's not working. >> how much? i mean, you don't want to put a number -- assign a number to it but you agree higher -- >> i think a higher minimum wage is called for. >> even with all the economic implications tha